2S2 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADEiE (bkown). [Secumone, 



bracts about f lin. long, ovate, subobtuse, ciliolate ; pedicels 1 J 

 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals i lin. long, elliptic, obtuse, minutely 

 ciliate. Corolla about 2 lin. in diam., glabrous ; tube about ^ lin. long ; 

 lobes I lin. long, elliptic-oblong, obtase. Coronal-lobes njinute, com- 

 pressed, falcate-oblong, obtuse, reaching to about J- the height of the 

 staminal-column. Style shortly exserted beyond the anthers; apical 

 part cylindric, obtuse, not at all dilated at the top. — S. etnetica, var. 

 ylabra, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfi. Ost.-Afr. C. 324. 



ZMCozaxnb. Sist. Geruian East Africa: Usambara; Masheua, Hoist, 3555 ! 



Probably Stuhlmann, 7356, collected in German East Africa, should be refei*red 

 to this species ; it closely reseaibles Hoist's specimen in leaves and flowers, but the 

 young shoots and peduncles are thinly covered with minute adpressed hairs, which 

 are not present in /i'. usambarica. 



10. S. sansibariensis, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 325. 

 Branches slender, glabrous. Leaves very shortly petiolate, f-2 in. long, 

 3|-7 lin. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, 

 papyraceous^ Cymes axillary and terminal on short lateral shoots, lax, 

 ^-h in. in diam., with spreading branches, several-flowered, glabrous. 

 Sepals % lin. long, and nearly as broad, oblong-ovate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 minutely ciliate. Corolla about 2^ lin. in diam., rotate-campanulate ; 

 lobes |-1 lin. long, twice as lo»g as the tube, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Coronal-lobes minute, linear, subobtuse, reaching to about the middle 

 of the anthers, which are glabrous and not bearded or laciniate at the 

 apex. Style protuded for J lin. beyond the anthers, apical part 

 abruptly dilated into a large, fleshy, subbilobed head, nearly J lin. in 

 diam. 



XVIozaznb. Dist. Zanzibar, Stuhlmann, Coll. i. 533 ! 490! 573! 572 and 772 

 (ex Schifinanii). 



11. S. floribunda, X. E. Br. Stem more or less twining, pubes- 

 cent on the young branches with short spreading rust-coloured hairs. 

 Leaves shortly petiolate, 1-1 ;j in. long, 4-G lin. broad, lanceolate, 

 shortly acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, glabrous on both sides 

 or with a few hairs on the underside of the midrib ; somewhat glaucous 

 beneath. Cymes shortly pedunculate, corymbose, |-1 in. in diam., 

 many-flowered, not dense, clothed in all parts (except the corolla), with 

 a shoit rust-coloured villous pubescence ; bracts | lin. long, ovate, 

 acute; pedicels li-- lin- long- Sepals h lin. long, ovate, obtuse, 

 ciliate. Corolla rotate or rotate-campanulate, 2 lin. in diam., 5-lobed 

 to 4" of the way down, glabrous. Coronal-lobes minute, compressed, 

 falcate-subulate, arising from the basal half of the staminal-column. 

 Style not produced beyond the anthers. 



Mozaxnb. Bist. German East Africa : Usniawo ; Kageyi on the south of 

 Lake Victoria, Fischer, 396 ! 



This is similar to S. Whytei, N. E. Br., but the loaves are smaller, different in 

 texture and glaucous beneath whilst the style is not produced beyond the anthers 

 as it is in iS. Whi/feL 



